Biofuels Production

Preface xvii List of Contributors xix 1 Introduction to Biofuels 1 Pramod Kumar and Vikash Babu 1.1 Global Scenario of Biofuel Production and Economy 4 References 7 2 Advances in Biofuel Production 11 M.D. Berni, I.L. Dorileo, J.M. Prado, T. Forster-Carneiro and M.A.A. Meireles 2.1 Introduction 12 2.2 Advances in the Production of First, Second and Third Generation Biofuels 16 2.3 Future Trends of Biofuels Development 44 2.3 Conclusions 54 Acknowledgements 55 References 55 3 Processing of Biofuels 59 Divya Gupta, Ajeet Singh, Ashwani Sharma and Anshul Nigam 3.1 Introduction 59 3.2 Biodiesel from Algae 61 3.3 Cellulosic Ethanol 72 3.4 Syngas 78 3.5 Conclusion 80 References 80 4 Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Bioethanol Production 85 Virendra Kumar, Purnima Dhall, Rita Kumar and Anil Kumar 4.1 Introduction 86 4.2 Bioethanol Production Process 90 4.3 Genetic Engineering for Bioethanol Production 109 4.4 Future Perspective 111 References 112 5 Recent Progress on Microbial Metabolic Engineering for the Conversion of Lignocellulose Waste for Biofuel Production 119 Shubhangini Sharma, Reena, Anil Kumar and Pallavi Mittal 5.1 Introduction 120 5.2 Role of Genetic and Metabolic Engineering in Biofuel Production 122 5.3 Problems with Different Biofuels and Areas of Improvement 124 5.4 General Process of Metabolic Engineering 127 5.5 Metabolic Engineering in Different Microorganisms 133 5.6 Conclusion 141 References 142 6 Microbial Production of Biofuels 147 Panwar AS, Jugran J and Joshi GK 6.1 Introduction 147 6.2 Types of Biofuels Produced Through Microorganisms 149 6.3 Future Prospects and Conclusion 163 References 165 7 Microalgae in Biofuel Production-Current Status and Future Prospects 167 Navneet Singh Chaudhary 7.1 Introduction 168 7.2 Microalgae in Biofuel Production 170 7.3 Comparison of Cyanobacteria with Microalgae in Biofuel Production 171 7.4 Applications of Cyanobacteria and Microalgae in Biofuel Production 172 7.5 Selection of Microalgae for Biofuel Production 177 7.6 Cultivation of Microalgae for Production of Biofuel and Co-Products 179 7.7 Harvesting and Drying of Microalgae 181 7.8 Processing, Extraction and Separation of Microalgae 182 7.9 Biofuels and Co-Products from Microalgae 184 7.10 Challenges and Hurdles in Biofuel Production 192 7.11 Genetic and Metabolic Engineering of Microalgae for Biofuel-Bioenergy Production 198 7.12 Conclusion and Future Prospectus 204 References 206 8 Bioethanol Production Processes 211 Mohammad J. Taherzadeh, Patrik R. Lennartsson, Oliver Teichert and Håkan Nordholm 8.1 Introduction 211 8.2 Global Market for Bioethanol and Future Prospects 212 8.3 Overall Process of Bioethanol Production 213 8.4 Production of Sugars from Raw Materials 213 8.5 Characterization of Lignocellulosic Materials 218 8.6 Sugar Solution from Lignocellulosic Materials 220 8.7 Basic Concepts of Fermentation 225 8.8 Conversion of Simple Sugars to Ethanol 225 8.9 Biochemical Basis for Ethanol Production from Hexoses 226 8.10 Biochemical Basis for Ethanol Production from Pentoses 228 8.11 Microorganisms Related to Ethanol Fermentation 229 8.12 Fermentation Processes 233 8.13 Ethanol Recovery 242 8.14 Distillation 243 8.15 Alternative Processes for Ethanol Recovery and Purification 245 8.16 Ethanol Dehydration 246 8.17 Distillers' Dried Grains with Solubles 247 8.18 Sustainability of Bioethanol Production 248 8.19 Concluding Remarks and Future Prospects 249 References 249 9 Production of Butanol: A Biofuel 255 Sapna Jain, Mukesh Kumar Yadav and Ajay Kumar 9.1 Introduction 256 9.2 Butanol and its Properties 257 9.3 Butanol as Fuel 257 9.4 Industrial applications of Butanol and its Derivatives 260 9.5 Methods for Production of Butanol 261 9.6 In situ Separation Techniques for Butanol 273 9.7 Future Prospects 279 References 280 10 Production of Biodiesel from Various Sources 285 Komal Saxena, Avinash Kumar Sharma, Lalit Agrawal and Ashish Deep Gupta 10.1 Introduction 285 10.2 Sources/Feedstocks for the Production of Biodiesel 286 10.3 Various Processes of Biodiesel Production 290 10.4 Determination of Yield, Process Optimization and Biodiesel Standardization 302 10.5 Conclusion 304 References 304 11 Bio-Hydrogen Production: Current Scenarios and Future Prospects 309 Sumita Srivastav, Prashant Anthwal, Tribhuwan Chandra and Ashish Thapliyal 11.1 Introduction 310 11.2 Conventional Methods of Hydrogen Production 310 11.3 Hydrogen from Renewables Sources 312 11.4 Methods of Hydrogen Production through Bio-Routes involving Biochemical Processes 315 11.5 Recent Advancement in Production of Bio-Hydrogen 319 11.6 Status of Biohydrogen Production 329 11.7 Conclusions 329 References 331 12 Biomethane Production 333 Ruchika Goyal, Vikash Babu and Girijesh Kumar Patel 12.1 Introduction 334 12.2 Features of Biomethane 337 12.3 Global Scenario of Biomethane 339 12.4 Biomethane Production - Waste to Fuel Technology 341 12.5 Biogas Cleaning and Upgrading 343 12.6 Conclusions 354 References 354 Index 357